The spellbinding new Robert Langdon novel from the writer of The Da Vinci Code.

Robert Langdon, Harvard teacher of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to wait the unveiling of the discovery that “changes the face of technology forever”. The evening’s sponsor is usually his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old technology magnate whose amazing inventions and audacious predictions possess produced him a controversial amount all over the world. This evening is certainly about Origin: (Robert Langdon Reserve 5) Sunday Times bestseller to become no exception: he claims he’ll reveal an amazing scientific breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human lifestyle.

But Langdon and several hundred additional guests are remaining reeling when the meticulously orchestrated night is blown apart before Kirsch’s precious breakthrough can be revealed. Along with his life under danger, Langdon is pressured into a desperate bid to flee, combined with the museum’s director, Ambra Vidal. Jointly they flee to Barcelona on the perilous quest to locate a cryptic security password which will unlock Kirsch’s magic formula.

In their path lie dark forces that may do anything to avoid them. To evade a tormented enemy who’s one step before them at every turn, Langdon and Vidal must navigate labyrinthine passageways of hidden history and historic religion. On the trail marked just by enigmatic icons and elusive contemporary artwork, Langdon and Vidal uncover the signs that will provide them face-to-face having a world-shaking truth that has remained buried – as yet.

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